Cynthia Erivo says "Wicked" poster "deeply hurtful". Really??

[Anonymous]

She's always been insufferable. Never forget she broke up Lena Waithe marriage

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She's always been insufferable. Never forget she broke up Lena Waithe marriage

Wait? so both leads of Wicked broke up marriages?

[Anonymous]

The edit looks dumb, but it’s nothing to get so upset about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Whoa, that's a nutso response. She could have said she preferred the unaltered poster image because of blah blah - but her over-the-top rant just sounded ridiculous.

+1

And her self-important language about how she "chose" to "look right down the barrel of the camera at you, the viewer" in the picture used for the official poster is simply ludicrious. She was an actor in a photo shoot, and once the photos are done, a whole team of artists and publicists makes all the choices and she makes none. If she was that self-important about her image in the official poster, I guess it's no surprise that she went off on a fan edit as if it were some kind of blatant "erasure" of her whole self. Before I opened the article, I wondered if a fan had altered her features or otherwise tried to make some racist alterations to change her appearance as a black woman. But nope, they simply made the image look a fraction more like the one used for decades now, for the stage version. BFD. No one would have paid much attention to that edit if Erivo herself hadn't lashed out about it.

[Anonymous]

I prefer the edited poster as it is a) no less beautiful and b) is a foreshadowing of the story, imo.

I think this is a vanity thing for her, however.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:She's always been insufferable. Never forget she broke up Lena Waithe marriage

Wait? so both leads of Wicked broke up marriages?

Yup lol. Lena and her ex got married, broke up, and Lena came out dating Cynthia in a span of 3-2 months. It was said Lena and her ex only got married after being together so because of her cheating. I guess in this case Lena's marriage was already broken because of her being a serial cheater but still. Cynthia surely didn't help

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are being more dramatic in the comments than she was in her reaction. The play poster is intentionally generic because it isn't made to be changed every time a new actor is hired. The movie poster showed both actresses' faces because they're the stars of the show, and there won't be any substitutions. Hiding most of their faces does erase them and revert to just showcasing the idea of the character, which makes sense for Broadway but not for a movie.

She was hurt to be erased from a movie poster where she's the main character, and I don't think it's crazy to say that out loud since people were probably asking her about it. Her reaction certainly doesn't make her unintelligent, even if it does seem sensitive.

You are too sensible for this cuckoo thread.

[Anonymous]

It's a callback to the broadway poster. I don't get why she's so angry

[Anonymous]

Like…they just changed it to look like the original poster from the musical. At least the altered version has her mouth expressing something, unlike the unaltered one with her completely emotionless face.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:People are being more dramatic in the comments than she was in her reaction. The play poster is intentionally generic because it isn't made to be changed every time a new actor is hired. The movie poster showed both actresses' faces because they're the stars of the show, and there won't be any substitutions. Hiding most of their faces does erase them and revert to just showcasing the idea of the character, which makes sense for Broadway but not for a movie.

She was hurt to be erased from a movie poster where she's the main character, and I don't think it's crazy to say that out loud since people were probably asking her about it. Her reaction certainly doesn't make her unintelligent, even if it does seem sensitive.

Agreed. I'm not sure why everyone is jumping to "stupid/dumb" more than diva/recognition obsessed

+2. I think the people that don't understand why she spoke out the way that she did and then felt the need to comment on her comment are the ones that sound ignorant.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's a callback to the broadway poster. I don't get why she's so angry

A poster explained it upthread. If you still don't get it, fine, but there is an explanation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like…they just changed it to look like the original poster from the musical. At least the altered version has her mouth expressing something, unlike the unaltered one with her completely emotionless face.

Completely agree.

[Anonymous]

It tracks that an entire thread of probably-white women wouldn't be able to relate to a Black woman's upset at being erased, but...

It's pretty sad that none of y'all can put yourself in an artist's shoes, and face makeup, and imagine the time that went into making those artistic decisions, setting up the shot(s), making that work, only to have some punk with photoshop or AI think they knew better by making something that's already been made as an illustration. If they'd wanted it to look like the illustration, don't you think they could've replicated it themselves, and better?

Yes, yes they could've. And they didn't. Why not? She obviously had some agency to present the character and her interpretation of same in the way she wanted, and you're mad at her for being upset that some anon stole that away to make her work derivative and basic? And that the edits remove the features that make her "her" in the process? What of what's left in that edit says "That's Cynthia Erivo"? That could be literally anyone, and you don't think she has a right to be upset about being erased so you can have your trite repeat image?

Probably because you're basic, and can't appreciate anything beyond what you already know. And now you want to call her names and call her a homewrecker and all this other unrelated trash.

Who's het up about a picture now?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People are being more dramatic in the comments than she was in her reaction. The play poster is intentionally generic because it isn't made to be changed every time a new actor is hired. The movie poster showed both actresses' faces because they're the stars of the show, and there won't be any substitutions. Hiding most of their faces does erase them and revert to just showcasing the idea of the character, which makes sense for Broadway but not for a movie.

She was hurt to be erased from a movie poster where she's the main character, and I don't think it's crazy to say that out loud since people were probably asking her about it. Her reaction certainly doesn't make her unintelligent, even if it does seem sensitive.

Close, but not quite. It erases HER, only. The other actress's hand is moved, and dimple removed, but she's still herself. There's nothing left in the photo to indicate that the hat-wearer is Cynthia Erivo at all. It's total erasure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Bizarro-world

Apologies for going off topic here, but my DH says "bizarro world" and I thought he made it up, lol. I didn't realize anyone else says this.